Amorim made his first buys in the January transfer window, with Ayden Heaven arriving for £1.5m and Patrick Dorgu for £25m, but only when he brought in money by loaning out Marcus Rashford, with Aston Villa paying at least 75 percent of his wages, Antony, with Real Betis paying 84 percent of his salary, and Tyrell Malacia, with PSV Eindhoven covering his earnings.
United spent more than £600m under Amorim’s predecessor, Erik ten Hag, but the Portuguese feels his budget will be much smaller in the summer unless he cashes in on the current squad.
Ruben Amorim said Manchester United will have to sell players if they are to buy in the summer transfer window.
Amorim feels his transfer budget will be much smaller in the summer unless he cashes in on the current squad.
United have little leeway with Profitability and Sustainability Rules, which have been extended for next season, while their finances are tight, with co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe considering a fresh spell of redundancies and cost-cutting after sacking 250 staff last year.
